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1We tore ourselves away from them and, putting to sea, made a straight run and came to Cos; next day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara.

2There we found a ship bound for Phoenicia, so we went aboard and sailed in her.

3We came in sight of Cyprus and, leaving it to port, we continued our voyage to Syria and put in at Tyre, where the ship was to unload her cargo.

4We sought out the disciples and stayed there a week. Warned by the Spirit, they urged Paul to abandon his visit to Jerusalem.

5But when our time ashore was ended, we left and continued our journey; and they and their wives and children all escorted us out of the city. We knelt down on the beach and prayed,

6and then bade each other goodbye; we went on board, and they returned home.

7We made the passage from Tyre and reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brotherhood and spent a day with them.

8Next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we went to the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

9He had four unmarried daughters, who possessed the gift of prophecy.

10When we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus arrived from Judaea.

11He came to us, took Paul's belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, “These are the words of the Holy Spirit: Thus will the Jews in Jerusalem bind the man to whom this belt belongs, and hand him over to the Gentiles.”

12When we heard this, we and the local people begged and implored Paul to abandon his visit to Jerusalem.

13Then Paul gave his answer: “Why all these tears? Why are you trying to weaken my resolution? I am ready, not merely to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

14So, as he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The Lord's will be done.”

15At the end of our stay we packed our baggage and took the road up to Jerusalem.

16Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us, to direct us to a Cypriot named Mnason, a Christian from the early days, with whom we were to spend the night.

17On our arrival at Jerusalem, the congregation welcomed us gladly.

18Next day Paul paid a visit to James; we accompanied him, and all the elders were present.

19After greeting them, he described in detail all that God had done among the Gentiles by means of his ministry.

20When they heard this, they gave praise to God. Then they said to Paul: “You observe, brother, how many thousands of converts we have among the Jews, all of them staunch upholders of the law.

21Now they have been given certain information about you: it is said that you teach all the Jews in the gentile world to turn their backs on Moses, and tell them not to circumcise their children or follow our way of life.

22What is to be done, then? They are sure to hear that you have arrived.

23Our proposal is this: we have four men here who are under a vow;

24take them with you and go through the ritual of purification together, and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved; then everyone will know that there is nothing in the reports they have heard about you, but that you are yourself a practising Jew and observe the law.

25As for the gentile converts, we sent them our decision that they should abstain from meat that has been offered to idols, from blood, from anything that has been strangled, and from fornication.”

26So Paul took the men, and next day, after going through the ritual of purification with them, he went into the temple to give notice of the date when the period of purification would end and the offering be made for each of them.

Paul's work in Jerusalem

27BUT just before the seven days were up, the Jews from the province of Asia saw him in the temple. They stirred up all the crowd and seized him,

28shouting, “Help us, men of Israel! This is the fellow who attacks our people, our law, and this sanctuary, and spreads his teaching the whole world over. What is more, he has brought Gentiles into the temple and profaned this holy place.”

29They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

30The whole city was in a turmoil, and people came running from all directions. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the doors were shut.

31They were bent on killing him, but word came to the officer commanding the cohort that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

32He immediately took a force of soldiers with their centurions and came down at the double to deal with the riot. When the crowd saw the commandant and his troops, they stopped beating Paul.

33As soon as the commandant could reach Paul, he arrested him and ordered him to be shackled with two chains; he enquired who he was and what he had been doing.

34Some in the crowd shouted one thing, some another, and as the commandant could not get at the truth because of the hubbub, he ordered him to be taken to the barracks.

35When Paul reached the steps, he found himself carried up by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

36for the whole crowd was at their heels yelling, “Kill him!”

37Just before he was taken into the barracks Paul said to the commandant, “May I have a word with you?” The commandant said, “So you speak Greek?

38Then you are not the Egyptian who started a revolt some time ago and led a force of four thousand terrorists out into the desert?”

39Paul replied, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. May I have your permission to speak to the people?”

40When this was given, Paul stood on the steps and raised his hand to call for the attention of the people. As soon as quiet was restored, he addressed them in the Jewish language:



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